A psychological syndrome in which victims of major incidents reexperience the original stress-producing event and associated feelings in flashbacks or dreams is known as
A) event trauma. B) post traumatic stress disorder.
C) cataclysmic disorder. D) hallucinatory disorder.
B
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Not including clinical or counseling psychologists, the two most common specialties in applied psychology are
a. school psychology and forensic psychology. b. forensic psychology and clinical neuropsychology. c. industrial/organizational psychology and clinical neuropsychology. d. school psychology and industrial/organizational psychology.
Jimmy usually beats Ivan in practice tennis matches, but when he plays Ivan again before a packed house during a tournament, Jimmy plays badly and loses. Jimmy's poor performance is likely due to:
A. deindividuation B. diffusion of responsibility C. social facilitation D. social inhibition
Which of the following statements is true about shyness?
A. Shy teenagers have fewer friends than their nonshy peers. B. Shyness can increase satisfaction when a long-term romantic relationship is established. C. Shy people are more likely to talk to a counselor about career advice than to talk twith a stranger. D. all of the above
Martha and Stan are newlyweds. They see a therapist because Martha is afraid of sexual intercourse. The therapist asks Martha exactly which acts make her anxious, constructs a hierarchy of those threatening acts, teaches her to relax,
and asks her to imagine each threatening scene in the hierarchy and use the relaxation technique to reduce her anxiety as she imagines each scene from the bottom to the top of her hierarchy. The therapist is using _______. a. desensitization b. behavioral contracting c. free association d. positive regard